Eastern gorilla now critically endangered due to illegal hunting

Largest living primate joins three other great ape species on International Union for Conservation of Nature’s red listHumanity has moved a step closer to wiping out our closest evolutionary relatives, with four of the six great ape species now listed internationally as critically endangered.The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has listed the eastern gorilla, the largest living primate, as critically endangered in its latest“red list” of threatened species.